![]() Here's Hohn reading from the beginning of his book, explaining how consuming it was to follow the story of the rubber ducks. He spoke with FRESH AIR contributor Dave Davies. He confronts the plague of accumulating plastics in the ocean and the difficulty of addressing the problem.ĭonovan Hohn is a journalist whose work has appeared in Harper's, the New York Times magazine and Outside. Along the way, he researches and ruminates on subjects of science and industry, wilderness and civilization. ![]() Hohn tracked their movements, and his book is an odyssey that takes him from Seattle to Alaska to Hawaii to China and the Arctic. The ducks were swept away by currents, and news reports said some may have actually reached Maine and other shores on the Atlantic. ![]() ![]() That's what our guest Donovan Hohn investigates in his new book "Moby-Duck." The ducks ended up in the ocean instead of the bath in 1992, when a ship container headed from China to the U.S. What happens when 28,000 rubber ducks and other bath toys are accidentally dumped in the ocean? Where do the ocean currents take them, and what environmental impact do the ducks and other ocean junk have on the seas? ![]()
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